lemniscate
lem·nis·cate/lɛmˈnɪs.kət/noun
lemniscate is spelled L-E-M-N-I-S-C-A-T-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables (lem·nis·cate). It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lemniscate means “A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lemniscate is lemniscates.
How many letters and syllables are in lemniscate?
| Letters | 10: L-E-M-N-I-S-C-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: lem·nis·cate |
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lemniscate?
Lemniscate appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lemniscate?
- UK /lɛmˈnɪs.kɪt/
- US /lɛmˈnɪs.kət/
Lemniscate has 3 syllables, split lem·nis·cate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-lemniscate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lemniscate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lemniscate (/ɪskət/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: centesimal.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lemniscate
- lemniscates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lemniscate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
- 2
The lemniscate of Bernoulli
- 3
Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lemniscate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Lemniskate |
| Portuguese | lemniscata |
| Spanish | lemniscata |
| French | lemniscate |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lemniscate come from?
First attested in 1781; borrowed from New Latin lēmniscāta (figūra), substantivized from lēmniscātus (“decorated with ribbons”), from lēmniscus (“a sort of ribbon”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).